Put up for auction BMW Z8 owned by Steve jobs

At Sotheby’s auction in new York, will put a BMW Z8 owned by the CEO. It is assumed that the starting price of the car will be $ 400,000.

Jobs was attracted by the design of German cars. He also had several motorcycles BMW and Mercedes-Benz SLs. Rumor has it that the purchase of the BMW Z8 in 2010, Steve pushed the then head of Oracle Larry Ellison. He noted that this is not just a quality sports car, but something that fits the Apple ideals and mentality of the jobs.

Steve owned the car for three years, then he sold it to a buyer from Los Angeles. The entire machine has been in use for 11 years. It has inconceivably small run of just 24 kilometers. Car is regularly carried out maintenance.

An interesting accessory is branded BMW Z8 Motorola cell phone, which Steve jobs hated. Soon, however, Apple and Motorola have formed a partnership and together began to produce phones with support for iTunes.

In June 2004, Apple, in cooperation with BMW introduced the first integrated solution of iPod and car audio – BMW iPod Adapter.

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